#8D42D8#8D42D8

#8D42D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.218 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D42D8
RGB	rgb(141, 66, 216)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 69.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 58.96, -64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 87.39, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1176 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.218 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3245, 14.5170, 66.4203)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D42D8 #8DD842

analogous

#4242D8 #8D42D8 #D842D8

triadic

#8D42D8 #D88D42 #42D88D

tetradic

#8D42D8 #D84242 #8DD842 #42D8D8

square

#8D42D8 #D84242 #8DD842 #42D8D8

split-complementary

#8D42D8 #D8D842 #42D842

monochromatic

#501B84 #6E26B7 #8D42D8 #AC75E2 #CAA7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#8D42D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#8D42D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D42D8

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D42D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D42D8	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d42d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 66, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.218 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ce5',
    500: '#8d42d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d42d8;
$custom-light: #b47ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d42d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55167,
    "c": 0.21804,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D42D8

secondary

#BBDA9C

accent

#E93F94

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D42D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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